The 9th Match of the Gulf Cricket T20I Championship 2023 was played today between Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates at West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha. In which United Arab Emirates won over Kuwait by 31 runs.
TOSS: United Arab Emirates won the toss and opted to bat
United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates batted first after winning the toss, started the inning very strongly, Aryansh Sharma and Muhammad Waseem came to start the inning and gave a strong start with a half-century partnership of 71 runs for the first wicket, the first wicket has dismissed for 71 runs in 8.3 overs, Aryansh Sharma dismissed after scoring 29 rus with the help of 5 boundaires in 28 balls, next batsman Asif Khan came to bat and he was dismissed very quickly just for 1 run in 4 balls as second wicket in 9.4 over, next batsman Vriitya Aravind came to bat and handled the inning with Muhammad Waseem, the third wicket has dismissed for 113 runs in 12.5 over, Muhammad Waseem dismissed after playing a very brilliant quick half-century inning of 74 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 39 balls, followed by Ansh Tandon came to bat handled the inning and played a very brilliant half-century partnership of 61 runs with Vriitya Aravind, the fourth wicket has dismissed for 174 runs in fifth ball of the final over, Vriitya Aravind dismissed after playing a brilliant inning of 31 runs with the help of 3 boundaires in 26 balls, next batsman Ali Naseer came to bat and he was remains unbeaten for 2 runs in 1 ball with Ansh Tandon, and Ansh Tandon played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 34 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaires in just 22 balls. In this way, United Arab Emirates scored 176 runs after for losing just 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 177 runs in front of Kuwait.
Kuwait bowlers- Yasin Patel got 1 wicket for 29 runs in his spell, Mohammed Aslam 1 wicket for 31 runs in his spell, Adnan Idrees 1 wicket for 22 runs in 3 overs, Sayed Monib 1 wicket for 35 runs in 3 overs, Shiraz Khan was wicketless for 23 runs in 3 overs, and Mohamed Shafeeq also wicketless for 36 runs in 3 overs.
Kuwait Innings: Kuwait chasing 177 runs in the second inning they could manage just 145 runs after losing 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Kuwait started the inning not very well, Ravija Sandaruwan played a brilliant inning of 36 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in just 24 balls, and Mohammed Aslam played a brilliant quick inning of 31 runs with the help of 1 six and 3 boundaires in just 19 balls, Shiraz Khan played an unbeaten inning of 21 runs in 18 balls, Parvindar Kumar 18 runs in 14 balls, Sayed Monib 12 runs in 11 balls, apart from this, Adnan Idrees dismissed just for 3 runs in 6 balls, Meet Bhavsar 7 runs in 9 balls, Usman Patel 9 runs in 8 balls, and Clinto Anto also dismissed just for 2 runs in 3 balls in the final ball of the inning. In this way, they could manage just 145 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and lost the match by 31 runs.
United Arab Emirates bowlers- Ali Naseer performed very brilliant bowling took 4 wickets just for 28 runs in his spell, Junaid Siddique got 1 wicket just for 16 runs in his spell, Aayan Afzal Khan 1 wicket for 29 runs in his spell, Zahoor Khan 1 wicket for 34 runs in his spell, and Muhammad Jawadullah was wicketless for 35 runs in his spell.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH- United Arab Emirates batsman Muhammad Waseem was selected as the best player of the match, he played a very brilliant decisive quick half-century inning of 74 runs with the help of 7 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 39 balls.
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